Nicholas Loh

Nicholas is no stranger to the local music scene and is sought after as a soloist, collaborator and educator. He graduated in 2014 from the New England Conservatory with a Masters in Piano Performance, specialising in contemporary piano repertoire under the guidance of Stephen Drury. Nicholas has also worked with other leading pianists in the field including Max Levinson, Corey Hamm and Nino Jvania. Prior to this, Nicholas obtained his Bachelor of Music from the University of Birmingham (UK) and his Post-graduate Diploma in Education from the National Institute of Education (Singapore).  

Nicholas is the only local pianist to date who has appeared twice in the Singapore International Piano Festival (2009, 2021) organized by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra group. Other solo forays include the Esplanade Spectrum series (2015) “…and deliver us from…”, and the Esplanade Concourse Cool Classics 2019 “Don’t listen so hard”. His recent concerto appearances include the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos with Resound Collective.

Nicholas has worked with musicians from groups as diverse as the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Singapore National Youth Orchestra, The Philharmonic Orchestra (Singapore), Singapore Armed Forces Band, Singapore Lyric Opera, Resound collective, Woodwind Quintet EDQ, Weird Aftertaste, The Art Song Coterie, the Boston Young Composers Ensemble (BYCE) and Discovery Ensemble (Boston). His foray into Chinese music has seen him perform with musicians from Ding Yi Music Company and local erhu ensemble Stringwerkz, as well as guest performers and competitors from the Biennial Singapore Chinese Music Competition and the Singapore International Erhu Competition. 

Previously a teacher with Chung Cheng High School (Main), Nicholas is currently a vocal coach with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the Horn Studio pianist for the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. He also appears as a guest educator with the SAF Band, and recently the National Institute of Education.